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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
A boss who reacts before getting the facts and thinking things through needs the leadership support and decision making training from Winning@Business™ and a steering team.
Arcelor-Mittal Steel, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the […]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
leadership vs. management
Many people have considered the difference between leadership and management
critical to a business. Leadership is important in keeping the business
headed in the right direction and focused on moving there. Things like
vision , strategy, and presence are all key aspects of leadership. Leaders
deal with change and have an ability to stay […]
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
TURN YOUR BUSINESS AROUND
“Turn turn turn, see whats become of me” was prophetically written by Simon and Garfunkel over 40 years ago. I am not sure if they were thinking of retail at the time but truer words could not be sung. Retail is based on buying goods and then selling them for more than you paid for […]
No Comments » - Posted in continuous improvement, quantifying results by Evan Wise
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Quotes
A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.”
Russell H. Ewing
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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Recycled From the Last Disaster
The following article was written in 2001 after 9/11. I updated some wording to reflect this last economic disaster but I was amazed how pertinent and meaningful the message is for surviving this latest economic disaster.
Déjà vu All Over Again
The events of September 11 underscored the globalization that has occurred in the world. The enemy […]
No Comments » - Posted in Debt and Crisis Management, Improving Morale by Evan Wise
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Empowerment + Participation = Satisfaction
Many owners confuse delegation with empowerment while they actually are quite different. When delegation precedes empowerment, you have set up the employee to fail. Winning@Business™ shows you the right way to proceed!
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
Baking Bread as a Team
In the old days — when I was young — I remember watching with awe as my mother made bread from scratch. It was a process with many steps. Some of the steps were great fun for an 8-year-old. I loved the egg breaking and mixing all the ingredients in a bowl. Several of […]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
You’re a Superstar That’s what you Are!
Alan Roseman’s (Los Angeles, CA) Detroit area client TWC Surf and Sport has been getting great press. Owner Tim Shepard was featured in articles in DetroitNews.com and in freep.com (powered by the Detroit Free Press). TWC, originally an acronym for “The Windsurf Company”, has grown to offer sports items that can be enjoyed during every […]
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Turnaround Management — Changing the Picture of Crisis
When a company is open to change and accepts the help that is available to it, a picture of disaster can become quite different. The first step is to identify the underlying problems and develop solutions and actions plans to correct the problems. A strategy is developed for operations and cash management and it is […]
No Comments » - Posted in Benefits of Consultants, Consultants improve decisions, Debt and Crisis Management by Evan Wise
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Listen to the People!
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” — Abraham Lincoln
No, Management One® has not turned to advising the political hopefuls on the campaign trail.
This article pertains to you, your business and how you run it.
I recently read […]